Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.
“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.
The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.
“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’
Great yet ?
Nevada is a solidly red state but Vegas (like basically all cities outside of Texas and Florida…) heavily favors Democrats. So I don’t think this is a “leopards ate my face” situation.
But… yeah. That is the problem. A lot of cities are actively fighting back (not aware of Vegas doing so). But you still need to get to that city. And if I were fortunate enough to not live in this hell country, there would be nothing you could do to make me risk border control.
I thought that too, until I read this comment. So nah, it’s a leopards eating faces situation.
Which is still dumbass politicians (many just trying to survive) and not the people of Vegas itself.
Yeeeeeah, that’s wrong. Harris won Clark county by about 2%. They favored Democrats but calling it “heavily favored” is really stretching it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/nevada-president-results